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BBC pay: How much do its stars earn? - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A list of the top earners whose salaries came from the BBC licence fee. | Entertainment & Arts | The BBC has, for the first time, published salaries of its highest-paid stars - with all those earning £150,000 or more included.
The salaries are grouped into £50,000 blocks and are for the financial year 2016-17, where they came directly from the licence fee. They do not include each individual's earnings from other... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40653861 |
'Triple sickie' policeman sacked over horse racing trips - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | PC Jonathan Adams was seen on television celebrating a win at Royal Ascot while "off sick". | Gloucestershire | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. PC Jonathan Adams called in sick but was seen on TV celebrating a win at Ascot (Footage courtesy Racing UK)
A police officer who threw a "sickie" three times to watch horse racing has been sacked after being found guilty of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-40644598 |
'Fake security' at UK festivals under investigation - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A security firm allegedly supplied cloned official badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer. | Entertainment & Arts | A security firm is under investigation for allegedly supplying cloned badges to unlicensed stewards at UK festivals this summer.
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) confirmed it was investigating LS Armour Security Ltd of Barry, south Wales, following a compliance check.
The watchdog issues licences to bouncers and... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40647081 |
Oxford grooming arrest man loses anonymity case - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Man arrested but never charged over Oxford child abuse attempted to argue he had a right to privacy. | UK | A man arrested but never charged in connection with an investigation into child sexual grooming has lost a legal battle to keep his identity secret.
Tariq Khuja attempted to use privacy laws to stop press and media reports after he was named at the high profile 2013 trial of nine men from Oxford.
The Supreme Court st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40654217 |
Flash flood sweeps through Coverack in Cornwall - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Residents in Coverack say hail the size of 50p pieces smashed window panes. | Cornwall | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Drone footage of the flash floods which hit the village of Coverack in Cornwall
Flash flooding has seen torrents of water sweep through a Cornish village.
Residents in Coverack, on the Lizard Peninsula, reported roads being... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-40650406 |
Holiday traffic: Beat the summer getaway gridlock - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Saturday between 11:00 and 16:00 is expected to be very busy on the roads. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. How do you avoid holiday traffic jams?
Motorists are being warned of heavy traffic as about nine million vehicles take to the roads over the weekend ahead of a summer getaway.
The RAC predicts 36.5 million "leisure" journey... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40632485 |
Sarah Payne brothers: 'Thoughts of saving her eat us up' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Luke and Lee Payne remember killer Roy Whiting smiling and waving as he drove their sister away. | England | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Brothers Lee and Luke Payne speak out about Sarah's murder
The older brothers of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne have spoken for the first time of their guilt in not being able to save her.
The eight-year-old was abducted a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40640940 |
Trump's Obamacare repeal: Back to drawing board for Republicans - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Expect a stampede for the exits as everyone abandons what was always an unpopular bill. | US & Canada | Is this the end of the repeal-and-replace war?
In the end the death blow to the latest iteration of Obamacare repeal came from the right flank.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was always going to have to walk a fine line in his effort to keep both moderates and hardcore conservatives in the party on board with... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40640439 |
Newspaper headlines: BBC pay prompts gender questions - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Revelations about the earnings of some of the corporation's top stars are picked up on in the press. | The Papers | The BBC's admission that two-thirds of its highest-paid stars are men - ahead of the disclosure of the salaries of all top-earning presenters - makes the lead for the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and the i.
The Telegraph says the corporation is braced for a staff revolt as employees discover that colleagues in the same... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40651067 |
Taiwan's brawling in parliament is a political way of life - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Fights take place in parliament to prevent the passing of legislation, but things are getting uglier. | Asia | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. After a huge brawl on Thursday last week, fighting has resumed in Taiwan's parliament
On the outside, the main building of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan - or parliament - is a picture of calm.
Two rows of neatly-trimmed shrubbe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40640043 |
Grenfell Tower fire: New council leader heckled by public - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Elizabeth Campbell apologises to survivors of the tower block blaze for not doing more for them. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth Campbell said she was "deeply sorry" for the "grief and trauma"
The newly elected leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council has been booed and heckled amid continuing anger over the Grenfell Tower fire.
Protesters ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40663512 |
Grenfell cladding '14 times combustibility limit' - BBC News | 2017-07-19 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Cladding on Grenfell Tower would have burned "as quickly as petrol", independent research suggests. | UK | Burning cladding on Grenfell Tower would have released 14 times more heat than a key government test allows, the Victoria Derbyshire show has learned.
Energy emitted from the cladding and insulation would have been equivalent to burning 51 tonnes of pinewood, University of Leeds research suggests.
The cladding's plas... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40645205 |
Aztec tower of human skulls uncovered in Mexico City - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The skulls found in Mexico City are only a fraction of those Spanish soldiers encountered in 1521. | Latin America & Caribbean | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Archaeologist Lorena Vazquez explains why the Aztecs created their skull towers
Tales of the tower of skulls which struck fear into the hearts of Spanish conquistadors have been passed down through the generations in Mexico.... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40473547 |
Russia behind cyber-attack, says Ukraine's security service - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ukraine's security service says it has obtained data linking Russia to last week's malware attack. | Europe | Moscow said that cyber-attack allegations from Ukraine's security services were "unfounded"
Ukraine says it has proof that Russian security services were involved in the cyber-attack that targeted businesses around the world earlier this week.
The country's security service, the SBU, said it had obtained data that po... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40471310 |
Thousands march on Parliament in anti-government protest - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Jeremy Corbyn addressed crowds calling for an end to Theresa May's austerity programme. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Protesters listened to speeches from politicians and activists in Parliament Square
Thousands of people gathered in central London to demonstrate against the UK government's economic policies.
The protest was organised by a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40468881 |
Listen to review bodies on public sector pay, says Gove - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The cabinet minister adds his voice to growing pressure to lift the 1% public sector pay cap. | UK Politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Gove's quick-fire answers on the Andrew Marr show - Brexit and his return to the cabinet
The government should listen to review bodies' recommendations for public sector pay, Michael Gove has said.
His comments come as the ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40471474 |
Andy Murray and Kim Sears 'happy' to be expecting second child - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The news comes as Murray prepares for his opening match at Wimbledon as defending champion. | Scotland | The world number one and his wife already have a one-year-old daughter
Tennis star Andy Murray says he and his wife, Kim Sears, are "very happy" to be expecting their second child.
The couple, who married in 2015, already have a one-year-old daughter, Sophia.
The news come as the 30-year-old prepares for his opening... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40415275 |
Hostages shown in al-Qaeda Mali video as Macron flies in - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The video is released as French President Emmanuel Macron visits to support anti-militant efforts. | Africa | French hostage Sophie Petronin was abducted from Gao in December
A Mali-based al-Qaeda affiliate has released a video of six foreign hostages ahead of a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the country.
They include a French NGO worker, an elderly Australian surgeon and a Colombian nun.
No "genuine" negotiat... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40472162 |
McLaren supercar destroyed in crash - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The driver and passenger walked away from the destroyed 570S, which is worth about £143,000. | Wiltshire | The car appeared to have hit the front of the building
A McLaren supercar was reduced to a twisted, burned-out wreck after it struck a building and burst into flames.
The driver and passenger of the 570S, which sell for around £143,000, escaped with minor injuries following the crash at Heywood, near Trowbridge, Wilt... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-40476901 |
10 things we didn't know last week - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rihanna's secret boyfriend is revealed - and other news nuggets. | Magazine | Find out more (The Telegraph)
2. Middle-aged office workers apparently spend more time sitting down than pensioners
3. Cambridge has been ranked as the most-vibrant place to shop in the UK
4. Sweden has the lowest proportion of ATMs in western Europe
7. People throw away eight million disposable nappies every day i... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40458284 |
India woman attacked with acid for fifth time - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The Indian woman was already under police guard after allegedly being raped and attacked. | India | Acid attacks are not uncommon against women in India
A woman in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh who survived an alleged gang-rape and four separate acid attacks has been targeted again by an acid-thrower.
She was attacked outside a women's hostel in Lucknow while getting water from a hand pump, police said.
The wo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40474360 |
M3 'smart' motorway opens in Hampshire and Surrey - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The four-lane stretch is expected to benefit the 130,000 motorists who use the M3 each day. | Surrey | A 50mph speed limit will remain in place while traffic management systems are tested
A £174m upgrade to turn the M3 into a "smart" motorway in Surrey and Hampshire has opened.
The 13.4-mile stretch between Farnborough and the M25 is now a four-lane carriageway after the main construction work was completed.
Motorist... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-40473727 |
Newspaper headlines: UK 'ditches cake-and-eat-it Brexit stance' - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | British officials have accepted a "painful" trade-off in Brexit talks, and the EU is planning migrant "crisis" talks, according to the front pages. | The Papers | UK officials have "quietly abandoned" hopes of securing "the government's promised cake-and-eat-it Brexit deal", the Guardian reports.
According to the paper, government insiders have reported a "dramatic change of mood" in the Department for Exiting the European Union since the general election.
It says the idea of ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40476851 |
Most US women won't dine alone with opposite sex, survey suggests - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | More than half would not dine alone with the opposite sex, according to a New York Times poll. | US & Canada | Mike Pence has said he would not dine alone with any woman who was not his wife, Karen (pictured)
Many eyebrows were raised when it emerged US Vice-President Mike Pence would not dine alone with a woman who was not his wife.
How old fashioned, the internet cried.
Only, now it seems he is not alone.
A surprise poll ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40473553 |
Arkansas nightclub shooting leaves 28 wounded - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A 16-year-old was among those wounded in the incident, which officials say was not terrorism-related. | US & Canada | Police cordoned off the scene following reports of multiple shootings at a nightclub
At least 25 people have been shot at a nightclub in the US state of Arkansas, two of whom are in critical condition, police say.
Three others were injured in a stampede of people fleeing the scene. The youngest victim was said to be ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40467522 |
Newspaper headlines: PM faces 'chorus of Tory demands' - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The prime minister is facing demands from senior Conservatives to overhaul state funding, according to several papers. | The Papers | The papers report on a growing battle within the cabinet over austerity and public spending
The Sunday Telegraph says a new front has opened up in the cabinet battle over austerity.
The paper says Education Secretary Justine Greening has told Prime Minister Theresa May the Tories should abandon plans to cut per-pupil... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40471145 |
Syria conflict: Damascus bomber strikes after car chase - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police were chasing three suspected suicide attackers - one blew himself up after being surrounded. | Middle East | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Syrian state TV released footage of the aftermath of the Tahrir square blast
A suicide bomber has launched an attack in the Syrian capital, with reports saying at least 19 people were killed.
Syrian police had been chasing ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-40472202 |
Princes William and Harry attend service at Diana's grave - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The private rededication was held on what would have been their mother's 56th birthday. | UK | It is nearly 20 years since William and Harry lost their mother, Diana.
Prince William and Prince Harry have attended a private service to rededicate the grave of their mother, Princess of Wales, almost 20 years after her death.
The service was held at Diana's family home in Northamptonshire on what would have been h... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40470217 |
Grenfell Tower fire: Government to 'keep eye' on council - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Sajid Javid says the process to select a new council leader "will be independent of government". | UK | Supporters of Grenfell survivors took part in anti-government protests in central London on Saturday
The government will keep "a close eye" on Kensington and Chelsea council after its leader quit over the Grenfell Tower fire, the communities secretary says.
Sajid Javid said it was "right" that Nicholas Paget-Brown st... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40468235 |
Oil tanker and cargo ship collide in English Channel - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Both ships were damaged in the collision about 15 miles north east of Dover. | Kent | An oil tanker and a cargo ship have collided in the English Channel.
The collision happened 15 miles north east of Dover at 02:00 BST, the coastguard said.
The 183m (600ft) tanker Seafrontier, which is loaded with petrol, has a hole above the waterline and damage to the superstructure, the RNLI said.
The 225m (740ft... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-40467221 |
UK to withdraw from international fishing arrangement - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ministers say ending the arrangement will help the UK take back control of access to its waters. | UK | The government is to end an arrangement that allows other countries to fish in UK waters, it has been announced.
The convention allows Irish, Dutch, French, German and Belgian vessels to fish within six and 12 nautical miles of UK coastline.
Environment Secretary Michael Gove said the move would help take back contro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40471466 |
Trump defends his use of social media in a series of tweets - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The US president defends his persistent use of social media after a week of controversial tweets. | US & Canada | President Trump says his tweets helped him to win the US presidential election
US President Donald Trump has defended his use of social media in a series of tweets, following a row over comments he made about two MSNBC TV presenters.
"My use of social media is not presidential - it's modern day presidential," he twee... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40471536 |
Culcheth Eagles rugby league player dies during match - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Adam "Carney" Cooper, 31, was taking part in a North West Men's League Division Four match in Runcorn. | Liverpool | Adam Cooper was taking part in a North West Men's League Division Four match in Runcorn.
An amateur rugby league player has died during a North West Men's League Division Four match.
Adam "Carney" Cooper, 31, was playing for the Warrington side away at Runcorn ARLFC at Heath playing fields in Runcorn on Saturday.
An... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-40472917 |
Brazil arrests notorious drug kingpin Luiz Carlos da Rocha - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The alleged cocaine maker had evaded police for 30 years with plastic surgery and fake names. | Latin America & Caribbean | Brazilian police have captured a notorious drug kingpin who used plastic surgery to evade capture for almost 30 years, authorities say.
Luiz Carlos da Rocha - nicknamed "White Head" - is believed to be the leader of a massive cocaine empire in South America.
Federal police said sentences handed down to Rocha amount t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-40469706 |
Bradley Lowery: Jermain Defoe visits terminally ill youngster - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Bradley's mother said her son was finding breathing difficult "but is fighting it". | Tees | Defoe pledged to keep in touch with the family after his move to Bournemouth
Footballer Jermain Defoe has visited terminally-ill Bradley Lowery after his family revealed the six-year-old is having difficulty breathing.
Former Sunderland star Defoe has struck up a close friendship with the avid Black Cats fan and club... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-40467110 |
Donald Trump posts video clip of him 'beating' CNN in wrestling - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The video showing Mr Trump fighting a human CNN logo incites violence, the network says. | US & Canada | The clip was originally submitted to a pro-Trump forum on the social media site Reddit
The US President has tweeted a short video clip of him wrestling a person with the CNN logo for a head.
The clip is an altered version of Donald Trump's appearance at a WWE wrestling event in 2007, in which he "attacked" franchise ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40474118 |
Grenfell Tower fire: No prosecutions for subletting of flats, government promises - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The government hopes the promise will encourage more people to come forward to help identify victims. | UK | At least 80 people are thought to have been killed in the fire
No-one will be prosecuted for illegally subletting a Grenfell Tower flat, the government says, as work continues to identify all those killed in the fire.
It says its priority is supporting survivors and identifying loved ones and is urging people to help... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40471554 |
Arkansas nightclub shooting rapper in 'unrelated' arrest - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Rapper Ricky Hampton was held on unrelated charges a day after 25 people were shot in Arkansas. | US & Canada | The venue is being shut down by the city in the aftermath
A rapper who was performing at the Arkansas nightclub where 25 people were shot has been arrested on unrelated charges, US police say.
Gunfire was exchanged during a concert at the Power Ultra Lounge nightclub in Little Rock early on Saturday.
Ricky Hampton, ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40474117 |
Pope Francis replaces critical theologian Gerhard Ludwig Muller - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Conservative German cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Mülller has questioned the pontiff's liberal reform. | Europe | Gerhard Ludwig Müller will not have his mandate renewed
Pope Francis has decided to replace a conservative cardinal who openly questioned the pontiff's attempts to create a more inclusive church.
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller will not have his five-year mandate as Catholicism's chief theologian renewed.
The German'... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40469196 |
Hawking says Trump's climate stance could damage Earth - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Stephen Hawking warns over Donald Trump's climate policy in a BBC interview marking his 75th birthday. | Science & Environment | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Stephen Hawking spoke to the BBC about climate change and Donald Trump
Stephen Hawking says that US President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could lead to irreversible climate change.
Pro... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40461726 |
Viewpoint: Why we all need to watch Brad Pitt's film War Machine - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ahmed Rashid on the Netflix movie that sets out why the US is still embroiled in Afghanistan. | Asia | Brad Pitt stars as a military commander in Afghanistan in Netflix's dark satire
The longest war the US has ever fought - 16 years and counting - is about to get longer as President Donald Trump decides on sending several thousand more troops to Afghanistan.
As with the wars in the Middle East, Afghanistan highlights ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40418967 |
Sheffield student Joana Burns died after taking ecstasy - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Joana Burns had just finished her maths degree when she took ecstasy at the Students' Union. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | Joana Burns was not said to be a regular drug user
A 22-year-old maths student died after taking MDMA for a "final fling" to mark the end of university.
Joana Burns had completed her Sheffield Hallam University degree when she went on a night out at The Foundry, at the University of Sheffield's Students' Union buildi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40473232 |
Girl killed as car crashes into teenagers in Croydon - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Police say the driver, who fled on foot, had been driving at speed when he lost control of the car. | London | The red Audi A3 was travelling at speed when it hit the group on Pixton Way in Croydon
A 16-year-old girl was killed and six other teenagers were injured when a car crashed into pedestrians in south London.
The red Audi A3 was being driven at speed when the driver lost control at a corner and hit the group on Pixton ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40473177 |
Why CNN 'assault' tweet should surprise no-one - BBC News | 2017-07-02 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In Trump's politics, the drama is contrived; the action is fake; the outcome predetermined. | US & Canada | Trump's history with wrestling goes back at least a decade
On Saturday, Donald Trump tweeted that he's redefining the social media behaviour of a "modern-day" president. On Sunday he once again proved it.
Mr Trump's CNN-wrestling video, apparently cribbed from a user on the internet message board Reddit, may be unfam... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40475448 |
How Britain supported the early release of Rudolf Hess - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Newly released files reveal that the UK supported the release of the Nazi leader as early as 1956. | UK | Files from the National Archives reveal that the British government supported the release of the Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess as early as 1956.
Rudolf Hess was Adolf Hitler's deputy and, for a while, one of the most powerful figures in Nazi Germany. He is mainly remembered for flying to Britain in 1941 in a bizarre a... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40647291 |
Regal rules: The dos and don'ts for meeting the Queen - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Canadian governor got caught up in regal protocol as he touched a royal elbow. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Canada's Governor General lightly touched the Queen on the elbow as she descended a flight of steps
Canada's governor general has been forced to defend his actions after a "slippy" carpet led to a breach of royal etiquette w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40668579 |
Do you have to avoid huggers at work? - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The number of workplace huggers is said to be on the rise, but it is still a social - and legal - minefield. | Business | Hugging at work is apparently on the rise
Are you a hugger or a hand shaker - or neither? When a work colleague returns from holiday or maternity leave, do you go in for the double bear-hug, or a friendly hello from across the desk?
For those people who prefer a non-physical greeting, the direction of office etiquett... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40580986 |
Justine Damond shooting: Minneapolis police 'feared ambush' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A lawyer suggests Minneapolis police could have been startled by Justine Damond, before killing her. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
The lawyer for a US police officer whose partner killed an Australian woman says it would be "reasonable" for the pair to have feared an ambush.
Minneapolis officer Matthew Harrity has reportedly said they were startled by ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40661873 |
Yousra Elbagir: Sudan's 'big and beautiful' pills for women - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir explores Sudanese women's appetite for weight gain pills. | Africa | Pills with fattening side-effects are widely available from illegal vendors in Sudan
In our series of letters from African journalists, Yousra Elbagir looks at how some Sudanese women are turning to black market substances in their quest for beauty.
While skin bleaching is a long-standing cosmetic staple across Sudan... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40643504 |
OJ Simpson to be freed from Nevada prison - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former sports star and actor is granted parole after almost nine years in prison for armed robbery. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four things OJ did in while in prison
Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison.
"Thank you!" said the 70-year-old, bowing his head as the board approved him fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676882 |
Dali’s last great (posthumous) artwork - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Salvador Dali has been exhumed - in a situation as surreal as his art. | Entertainment & Arts | This whole Dali exhumation business is weird. It's right up there with any of his surreal artworks for its sense of the macabre and otherness. Nothing about this story is straightforward.
Let's start with where he is buried. Having died in 1989 and then been embalmed by Narcis Bardalet (who said he thought Dali would ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40671704 |
Obituary: Linkin Park star Chester Bennington's hurt made beautiful music - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through," Bennington once said. | US & Canada | Bennington's friends have been responding to his unexpected death on social media
The angst-ridden vocals of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, who died aged 41 on Thursday, helped lead the group to global critical acclaim.
The frontman's brooding charisma - added to the group's blend of rap, metal and electron... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40677254 |
Yorkshire helicopter sex films PC hid 'voyeurism' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Adrian Pogmore used the aircraft to film people sunbathing naked and his friends having sex. | Sheffield & South Yorkshire | Former police officer Adrian Pogmore has admitted four charges of misconduct in a public office
An ex-police officer who admitted misusing his force's helicopter to film people having sex hid his "swinging and voyeurism", a court has heard.
Adrian Pogmore, 51, used the aircraft to film people sunbathing naked and a c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-40669603 |
Brothers, two and five, steal mother's car for trip to grandfather - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The young boys drove three miles before crashing the car into a ditch on a windy road. | US & Canada | The boys drove for three miles down the windy, curvy road
Two brothers aged five and two stole their mother's car and wrecked it on a drive to their grandfather's house, say authorities in West Virginia.
Putnam County Sheriff deputies believe the toddlers probably teamed up to work the pedals and steer the wheel befo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40673822 |
Benefit fraudster 'too weak to walk' climbed Kilimanjaro - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-paratrooper said he could barely walk, but won a triathlon and skied in the Alps. | South East Wales | The court heard Lloyd was called "Action Man Mark" because of his love of physical activity
A benefits cheat who said he could not walk more than 50 metres climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and won a triathlon.
Mark Lloyd, of Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taff, claimed £6,551.80 in Personal Independence Payments, saying a slipped ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40667991 |
University first-class degrees soaring - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Universities awarding first-class degrees to over 40% of students. | Education & Family | The proportion of first-class degrees has more than trebled since the 1990s
The proportion of top degree grades being awarded by UK universities has soared - with some universities giving first-class degrees to more than a third of their students.
The University of Surrey awarded a first-class degree to 41% of studen... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40654933 |
A glimpse inside the Goldman Sachs nursery - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Goldman is the only City firm to have an onsite nursery - but is it only deep-pocketed banks which can afford one? | Business | Amanda Wong and her daughter Naomi use the Goldman Sachs nursery
Head into the Goldman Sachs building on London's Fleet Street and you're greeted by wall to wall marble, a bank of receptionists and a water feature. So far, so City.
But wind your way past the lifts through an anonymous fire door and you enter a world ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40658619 |
Prosthetic penis sex attacker Gayle Newland jailed - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gayle Newland created an online persona to trick her female friend into a relationship for two years. | Liverpool | A woman who wore a prosthetic penis and tricked her blindfolded friend into sex has been jailed.
Gayle Newland, 27, of Willaston, Cheshire, created an online persona pretending to be a man and continued the deceit for two years.
A retrial jury found her guilty of committing three sexual assaults, which she denied, us... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-40668960 |
Sports Direct profits more than halve - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Profits at the sportswear retailer plummet 60%, which the company blames on the weaker pound. | Business | Mike Ashley said Sports Direct was on course to become the "Selfridges of sport"
Profits at Sports Direct have plummeted nearly 60%, which the retailer said was largely due to the weaker pound.
The slide in sterling means the firm has had to pay more for its imported goods, and its underlying pre-tax profit fell to £... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40665459 |
Obamacare repeal plan 'would axe insurance for 32m' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The cost of health insurance would double in a decade under the Republican plan, the analysis finds. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Thirty-two million Americans would lose health coverage under a Republican plan to repeal Obamacare, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has forecast.
The non-partisan office's analysis found the cost of a medical insuran... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40662772 |
OJ Simpson - the spectacular fall of 'The Juice' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The story of Orenthal James "OJ" Simpson is that of the fall of an American hero. | US & Canada | After retiring from football, Simpson began an acting career
The story of Orenthal James - "OJ" - Simpson is about a fallen hero. Once a high-profile US football star, he went on to spectacularly make headlines for all the wrong reasons.
After convincing a jury of his innocence in a double murder case, he was later c... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40673821 |
Chester Bennington: Linkin Park vocalist 'took his own life' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A coroner says the star, who was close to Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell, took his own life. | US & Canada | Bennington spoke publicly about being abused as a child
The coroner said Bennington apparently hanged himself. His body was found at a private home in the county at 09:00 local time (17:00 GMT) on Thursday.
Bennington was said to be close to Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell, who took his own life in May.
Formed in... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676530 |
BBC stars react to their salaries being revealed - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Work rate and competitors' offers sighted in defence of £150,000-plus salaries. | Entertainment & Arts | Stars and broadcasters have given their reaction to the BBC releasing details of what it pays its top talent.
Radio 2 host Chris Evans topped the table, in a salary bracket of £2,200,000 - £2,249,999.
He was followed by Gary Lineker, Graham Norton and Jeremy Vine - in a list that revealed a gender pay gap and a lack ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40654363 |
John McCain has brain cancer, his office says - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 80-year-old US senator may undergo chemotherapy and radiation treatment, a statement says. | US & Canada | Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options, according to his office.
The options may include chemotherapy and radiation, his doctors said. The 80-year-old politician is in "good spirits" recovering at home.
He thanked those who had wished him well... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40664635 |
Canada's Governor General blames 'slippy' carpet for royal protocol breach - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 91-year-old monarch's representative in Canada touches her elbow to help her down stairs. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Canada's Governor General lightly touched the Queen on the elbow as she descended a flight of steps
Canada's Governor General David Johnston says a "slippy" carpet is to blame for an apparent breach of royal etiquette with t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40651179 |
Madonna blocks sale of intimate items at auction - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A US judge halts an auction of the superstar's items, including a break-up letter from rapper Tupac. | US & Canada | Madonna confirmed two years ago that she had had a relationship with Tupac (R)
A US judge has halted an auction of personal items of Madonna, after she said her privacy was violated.
New York Justice Gerald Lebovits set a full hearing for 6 September, banning auction house Gotta Have Rock and Roll from holding a sale... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40656485 |
BBC pay: Male stars earn more than female talent - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Of the BBC stars earning more than £150,000 last year, 62 were male and 34 were female. | Entertainment & Arts | Claudia Winkleman and Alex Jones are the BBC's highest paid female stars
The BBC has revealed two-thirds of its stars earning more than £150,000 are male, with Chris Evans the top-paid on between £2.2m and £2.25m.
Claudia Winkleman was the highest-paid female celebrity, earning between £450,000 and £500,000 last year... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40661179 |
Aberdeen fans attacked ahead of Bosnia Europa League tie - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Two supporters are treated for injuries after a disturbance ahead of the match with Siroki Brijeg. | NE Scotland, Orkney & Shetland | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Derek Ironside describes how a group of masked man attacked Aberdeen fans outside a pub
Two Aberdeen fans have been treated for injuries after supporters were attacked in Bosnia ahead of the club's Europa League game against... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-40654144 |
Should there be comprehensive universities? - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A report argues that universities should embrace the comprehensive principle and reject selection. | Education & Family | Is a culture of highly selective universities getting in the way of social mobility?
The long-running battle over grammar schools - put back into the deep freeze after the general election result - saw deep-rooted divisions over the impact of dividing pupils by academic ability.
Opponents argued that academic selecti... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40654935 |
State pension age rise brought forward - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The UK state pension age will now be increased from 67 to 68 by 2039, the government says. | Business | Six million men and women will have to wait a year longer than they expected to get their state pension, the government has announced.
The rise in the pension age to 68 will now be phased in between 2037 and 2039, rather than from 2044 as was originally proposed.
Those affected are currently between the ages of 39 an... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40658774 |
Forced child migration 'bigger abuse scandal than Savile' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Gordon Brown says the moving of 130,000 UK children overseas was "government-enforced trafficking". | UK | The forced migration of UK children overseas was a bigger sex abuse scandal than that of Jimmy Savile, ex-prime minister Gordon Brown has said.
Mr Brown told the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse that the 2,000 surviving British child migrants who suffered abuse should be compensated.
He said the mass trans... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40669699 |
OJ Simpson's prison parole plea in Nevada: 'I did my time' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The ex-NFL star and actor apologises in a bid for release after nine years in a Nevada prison. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.
Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has told a parole board "I've done my time," as he asked for release after nine years in a Nevada prison.
Simpson, who was acquitted of a double murder in 1995, is serving time f... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40673824 |
BBC pay: Male presenters could face wage cut - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | One BBC executive says reducing the amount paid to male stars is "one of the levers we can pull". | Entertainment & Arts | The BBC's most highly paid male presenters could be asked to accept lower wages as the corporation tries to close the gender pay gap.
The BBC has defended high salaries which were revealed in its annual report on Wednesday.
The corporation has pledged to achieve equality between men and women on air by 2020.
BBC dir... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40663781 |
BBC pay: How much do its stars earn? - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A list of the top earners whose salaries came from the BBC licence fee. | Entertainment & Arts | The BBC has, for the first time, published salaries of its highest-paid stars - with all those earning £150,000 or more included.
The salaries are grouped into £50,000 blocks and are for the financial year 2016-17, where they came directly from the licence fee. They do not include each individual's earnings from other... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40653861 |
AlphaBay and Hansa dark web markets shut down - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The AlphaBay and Hansa marketplaces were known for trade in drugs, weapons and malware. | Technology | Two of the largest dark web marketplaces have been shut down following a "landmark" international law enforcement investigation.
The AlphaBay and Hansa sites had been associated with the trade in illicit items such as drugs, weapons, malware and stolen data.
According to Europol, there were more than 250,000 listings... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40670010 |
Toronto rebukes handyman whose steps save taxpayers $50,000 - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Instead of a thank you, city officials demand the doughty DIY hero's steps be removed. | US & Canada | A Canadian pensioner built a set of stairs at his local park for just C$550 when the city estimated it would cost at least C$65,000 ($51,500, £40,000).
But instead of a thank you, Toronto has blocked off access to the steps and asked Adi Astl, 73, to take them down.
Before the stairs were installed, Mr Astl said a fe... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676256 |
Watching Russia's Syrian build-up from central Istanbul - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Russian warships sailing from the Black Sea to Syria pass through the centre of one of Europe's biggest cities - where amateur ship spotters watch their every move. | Magazine | The ship spotters of Istanbul have become a key resource for diplomats and intelligence experts, alerting the world to the scale of Russia's campaign in Syria.
It's almost midnight. I've just got to sleep at the end of a long day travelling to Istanbul, when my phone beeps with a message.
"Very inconvenient. There is... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40643453 |
Moon dust bag sold for $1.8m at New York auction - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The bag was used by astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the Moon in 1969. | US & Canada | The white bag still carries traces of Moon dust and small rock
A bag used by US astronaut Neil Armstrong to collect the first ever samples of the Moon has sold at auction in New York for $1.8m (£1.4m).
The outer decontamination bag from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was bought at Sotheby's by an anonymous bidder.
Th... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40677650 |
Comic-Con 2017: What you should look out for - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The films and TV shows getting people excited at this year's fan fest in San Diego. | Entertainment & Arts | Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot, Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi and Westworld's Thandie Newton are all expected to attend the four-day event
More than 100,000 fans have descended on San Diego in California for this year's Comic-Con, the largest event dedicated to film, TV and pop culture.
Stars including Ryan Gosling, Channi... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40676454 |
Rail electrification plans scrapped by government - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Wales, the Midlands and the North will no longer see their lines upgraded after a government review. | Business | The government has scrapped the planned electrification of railway lines in Wales, the Midlands and the North.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said the government will instead introduce faster trains with more seats and better on-board facilities.
He said: "We are making the biggest investment in the railways sinc... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40669869 |
OJ Simpson: A history of the fallen US football icon - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | As OJ Simpson gets parole, here is a recap of the football hero whose downfall gripped America. | US & Canada | Most Americans now believe OJ Simpson is probably guilty, polls show
OJ Simpson has been granted parole and could be released from prison as early as October. He was jailed in 2008 for armed robbery after taking memorabilia from his football career from dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
While the case has no connect... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40669859 |
Xanda, son of Cecil the lion, killed by hunter in Zimbabwe - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Xanda, the six-year-old son of Cecil the lion, is shot dead by trophy hunters in Zimbabwe. | Africa | Two years after Cecil the lion was killed by a trophy-hunter in Zimbabwe, prompting global outrage, his son has met a similar sad end.
Xanda, a six-year-old lion with several young cubs, was shot dead on 7 July.
He was killed just outside the Hwange National Park in northern Zimbabwe, close to where his father died.
... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-40671590 |
Newspaper headlines: BBC becomes 'Bloated Blokes Club' - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The broadcaster comes in for a battering on the front pages as the pay of its top stars is revealed. | The Papers | The revelations about how much the BBC pays its top presenters dominate the front pages.
"Bloated Blokes Club" is the headline in the Daily Mirror, which points out the corporation's seven highest earners are all white men.
The Daily Mail warns of "mutiny" among female staff over the pay gap between men and women.
T... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40663762 |
The Vince Cable story: Profile of new Lib Dem leader - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The life and times of the new Liberal Democrat leader. | UK Politics | Sir Vince Cable has been crowned leader of the Liberal Democrats without a contest - this is the story of how he got there.
He is one of the most recognisable faces in British politics: a former minister in the coalition government, a ballroom dancing enthusiast who did Strictly before Ed Balls, a financial guru noted... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40655847 |
Grenfell Tower fire: New council leader heckled by public - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Elizabeth Campbell apologises to survivors of the tower block blaze for not doing more for them. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Elizabeth Campbell said she was "deeply sorry" for the "grief and trauma"
The newly elected leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council has been booed and heckled amid continuing anger over the Grenfell Tower fire.
Protesters ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40663512 |
Vince Cable is new Lib Dem leader - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The 74-year-old calls for an "exit from Brexit" as he is elected unopposed to succeed Tim Farron. | UK Politics | Sir Vince Cable is the new leader of the Liberal Democrats, after no-one stood against him.
The 74-year old Twickenham MP was the only candidate on the ballot paper when nominations closed at 16:00 BST.
The former business secretary said there should be an "exit from Brexit" and he believed the party's call for a sec... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40662737 |
Parrot witness case: Michigan woman guilty of husband's murder - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Glenna Duram shot her husband before attempting suicide in a case apparently witnessed by a parrot. | US & Canada | Glenna Duram has been found guilty of the murder of her husband Martin
A woman has been found guilty of shooting her husband five times in a Michigan murder case apparently witnessed by a parrot.
Glenna Duram shot her husband, Martin, in front of the couple's pet in 2015, before turning the gun on herself in a failed... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40665520 |
Why a midwife shared a photo of blood-stained trousers - BBC News | 2017-07-20 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A midwife in Sweden has posted a picture of her blood-stained trousers to demonstrate her lack of time to change her sanitary products | Europe | A midwife in Sweden who says she was so overworked she had no time to change her sanitary products has posted an image of her trousers, stained with menstrual blood, to highlight the pressures of her job.
Petra Vinberg Linder uploaded the photo on July 14 on Facebook with the comment: "Night shift midwife = had three ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40668181 |
Severn tolls abolished by end of 2018, says Alun Cairns - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The fees paid on entry to Wales - from £6.70 to £20 - have long been a source of contention. | Wales politics | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Alun Cairns said the tolls were a "psychological barrier" to doing business in Wales.
Tolls on the Severn bridges between Wales and England will be scrapped by the end of 2018, the UK government has announced.
Welsh Secreta... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-40671900 |
Salvador Dali's body exhumed for DNA tests - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Samples are taken from the painter's body to settle a paternity case brought by a tarot card reader. | Europe | Ms Martínez says she was born in 1956 as a result of an affair between Dalí and her mother
Forensic experts in Spain have exhumed the body of the surrealist painter Salvador Dalí to extract DNA to settle a paternity case.
Samples were taken from the artist's teeth, bones and nails in a four-hour operation, officials ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40677828 |
Apology demanded after airport terror stop for reading Syrian book - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A woman, who was quizzed after reading a Syrian art book on a plane, claims she suffered discrimination. | UK | Faizah Shaheen was reported to authorities on her honeymoon flight to Turkey
A British woman says she is being forced to go to court to get an apology after she was questioned by counter-terrorism police for reading a Syrian art book on a plane.
Faizah Shaheen was reported to authorities by Thomson cabin crew on a ho... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40668083 |
As an open-air heroin camp is closed, options narrow - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A half-mile stretch of rail track in Philadelphia has become a refuge for hundreds of addicts, but the city is about to descend. | US & Canada | Addicts gather under the bridges along the freight track, away from the public eye
In a corner of Philadelphia known locally as the Badlands, where some of the purest heroin in the country can be bought for just $5 a bag, a half-mile stretch of rail track has become a refuge for hundreds of heroin addicts. Next week t... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40637288 |
Louis Tomlinson: Arctic Monkeys inspired my lyrics - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The pop star says his solo material has been influenced by the lyrics of Arctic Monkeys and Oasis. | Entertainment & Arts | Emerging from a boyband is a tricky business but, so far at least, the One Direction team has made a pretty good fist of it.
Zayn Malik has carved a niche in pervy electropop; Harry Styles is prog rock's new hope; Liam Payne's plumped for aspirational R&B and lovely Niall Horan is doing lovely pop ballads.
So where d... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40666699 |
Newspaper headlines: Some first class trains to end and Boots boycott call - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The end of some two-tier rail travel, and a Boots boycott call make newspaper headlines. | The Papers | A plan to scrap first class compartments on commuter trains is the lead for the Daily Telegraph.
The paper has an interview with Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, who uses the train to get to his Whitehall office.
He says he understands what a pain it is for passengers to stand in packed standard-class carriages, w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-the-papers-40689482 |
Regal rules: The dos and don'ts for meeting the Queen - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | A Canadian governor got caught up in regal protocol as he touched a royal elbow. | UK | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Canada's Governor General lightly touched the Queen on the elbow as she descended a flight of steps
Canada's governor general has been forced to defend his actions after a "slippy" carpet led to a breach of royal etiquette w... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40668579 |
UK to bring in drone registration - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Drone owners will also be required to pass a safety awareness test. | Technology | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Introducing drone registration "is not about stopping people having fun"
The UK government has announced plans to introduce drone registration and safety awareness courses for owners of the small unmanned aircraft.
It will ... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40684581 |
Cyclist, 91, died doing time trial on Aylesbury road - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Ray Dare dies while trying to set a new national record for his age. | Beds, Herts & Bucks | Ray Dare, 91, died at the scene on the A41 Aston Clinton
A 91-year-old cyclist killed on a dual carriageway was doing a time trial to set a new national record for his age.
Ray Dare died when his bike and a van were involved in a collision on the A41 Ashton Clinton bypass, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, at about 14... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-40680451 |
Should children study in the summer holidays? - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | Parents ponder whether to relax and pack away the school books - or get ahead for next term. | UK | The summer holidays are under way, but for some children, the studying - and the homework - will continue.
It was a moment of pure joy: school was out for summer.
Your school bag was shoved in the back of a cupboard. School shoes went the same way. Ahead lay countless days of freedom, play and sunshine.
That used to... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40666245 |
OJ Simpson to be freed from Nevada prison - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | The former sports star and actor is granted parole after almost nine years in prison for armed robbery. | US & Canada | This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Four things OJ did in while in prison
Former US football star and actor OJ Simpson has been granted parole after nine years in a Nevada prison.
"Thank you!" said the 70-year-old, bowing his head as the board approved him fo... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40676882 |
Obituary: Linkin Park star Chester Bennington's hurt made beautiful music - BBC News | 2017-07-21 | https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews | "Most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through," Bennington once said. | US & Canada | Bennington's friends have been responding to his unexpected death on social media
The angst-ridden vocals of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, who died aged 41 on Thursday, helped lead the group to global critical acclaim.
The frontman's brooding charisma - added to the group's blend of rap, metal and electron... | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40677254 |
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